Surveillance: Elderly driver plows through CVS

An 84-year-old driver crashed her vehicle through the front of CVS in Winter Haven Wednesday, narrowly missing another elderly shopper inside and causing $65,000 in damage to the building.

It happened around 4:45 p.m. when Margaret Underwood drove her husband to the pharmacy on SR-540 in their 2008 Chevy Impala.

The woman told police she stayed in the car while her husband went inside.

He came out of the store and the couple began to leave. As Underwood backed out of the parking spot, officers say she hit a Chevy Suburban that was driving in the parking lot.

Her husband went to check on the Suburban, while Underwood put the car in drive and returned to the parking spot.

The car sits there for a moment, then surveillance video shows it accelerate and smashe through the front door of the store. Police don't know why Underwood suddenly accelerated.

The car stopped 25 feet inside the store, narrowly missing 80-year-old Adrienne Watkins, of Winter Haven, who was browsing near the cash registers.

Fortunately, Watkins stopped for a moment and backed up to grab an item she missed - a move that took her out of the car's path. (Watch the surveillance video to see just how close Watkins came to being hit.)

She was knocked down, but suffered only minor injuries.

An employee tended to Watkins, then got Underwood out of the car and shut the vehicle off. He told police the engine was still running at a high RPM and the tires were spinning when he did.